 MiamiHerald.com | 'Better Life' explores plight of immigrant Pittsburgh Post Gazette That's because he is an illegal immigrant who once paid a lawyer to help him obtain a driver's license and legal papers but came away empty-handed. Carlos sleeps on the couch (so his son can have the only bed) and spends his days with a fellow Mexican ... "A Better Life" paints grim portrait of immigrant life in L.A. Demián Bichir: living 'A Better Life' 'A Better Life': I Keep My Head Down |